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The city of DeLand, the charming little college town north of Orlando, is beginning to sound as defensive about SunRail as the people who think the Tumblr dress is blue and black. The dress — the one that caused a national work stoppage as Taylor Swift, Mia Farrow and everyone else on the Internet weighed in on its color — is obviously white and gold. And DeLand is obviously the weakest link among the proposals to expand SunRail. No amount of fluorescent light or screen glare can skew how bad the numbers look for DeLand. State transportation officials say the commuter train would only pick up an additional 225 daily riders during the first year if the line is extended an...

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